analgesic vs medicine

medicine vs analgesic

analgesic and medicine both are nouns.

analgesic is an adjective but medicine is not an adjective.

analgesic is not a verb while medicine is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
analgesic	Yes	Yes	No	No
medicine	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, medicine is a hypernym of analgesic; that is, medicine is a word with a broader meaning than analgesic:

analgesic: a medicine used to relieve pain
medicine: (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

Other hypernyms of analgesic include medicament, medication, medicinal drug.

analgesic (noun)	medicine (noun)
a medicine used to relieve pain	the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries
	punishment for one's actions
	(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
	the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques

analgesic (adjective)	medicine (adjective)
capable of relieving pain

analgesic (verb)	medicine (verb)
	treat medicinally, treat with medicine

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